Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-17


with her father, the Greek Minister,
she made the acquaintance of Miss SUI
san Dallas, whose father, George NJ.
Dallas. was at that time American Min
lister to the Court of st. James. Amin
timacy between the two girls rioened
into friendship, and they have CORE
sronded at intervals ever since. Miss
Ira oupis never married. Herheart, it
is said. is bu.ied in the grave OF hero,
Int she is the most devoted and alice
t;oI etc Of sisters, and much of NJ. Tri-
coupis's success is Of her making.
AdvicCs from English Hills, Ind, re-
late that Sheriff Bond, OF Wayne
county, and party of friends went up
tie river about five miles. Bond took
a shotgun and went into the woods
after squirrels. While trampiDg through
the woods he discovered an animal
on the limb of tree which he thought
was a raccOon, and brought it down by
two shots from his gun. Supposing he
had killed the animal, he attempted to
pick it up. when the yarmint sprang at
the sheriff s face. The beast was
Young wildcat, and its sharp claws
plsved sad havoc with the sheriff S
face and neck. His breast was
badly lacerated, and his hands looked
rs II they hfd been placed in a cutting
box. HIS cartridges were loaded with
fine biiGshot, and two more charges
pumped into the beast did rot kill it.
Beng out of shells he had 10 fight the
animal off with the stock of his gun.
shooting at it with his revolver, but his
aim was 50 bad that he could not do
effective work. The continual cracking
of the pistol attracted the sheriff com
panions. and Dr. Richardson dispatched
The cat with a heavy load of buckshot
from his gun. The animal weighed
nearly twenty pounds. and had claws
like needles. IR sheriff viii show the
marks Of the encounter for several
weeks
Professor Ehrlich, the well known
Berlin critic and pianist, gives an in
teiCstiug account of his personal eXpe-
rienccs with Rubinstein in the GegCE-
aGr. He met him for the first time
IN 1917 at Vienna. Rubinstein. who
was then comparatively unappreciated,
lad Just returned from concert tour
in Hungary, with no more money in
lis pocket than he Lad taken along;
20 the two artists dined together for
thirty six cents. Rubins,ein was busily
composing al that time, and VIXEN
Enrich expressed his admiration of
one of bis songs Rubinstein replied,
"Psrhaps 1 shall succeed in ere
Gi:ng new genre in this diroc
ton. In 1885 Ehrlich met him
again at Weimar, and there had
abundap, occasion to mott how the
Russian pianist won the hearts OF all,
especially the women, Except List,
have never seen a man VINO exercised
such italy demoniac sway over women
as Rubinstcin. Always and wherever
ne went the women gave him their
homage and to-day, though he IS no
longer Young. the spell remains I'M
brokcn.' In 1872 Rubinstcin told
Ehrlich Of his determination to make
"A torr in America ain order to collect
funds for his fe ally" and then to give
up his iustrumC 1t and devote himself
f. composition. But, like Patti, he
has made many farewell tours since.
His in ONE at present is very large,
but the bulk of it comes from his ac-
tiyity as pianist.
A young English mechanic in Troy
not long ago invented II new axle-box
and nut which had great deal of
merit III it, and which attracted the at
tenton of Brewster the New York car
riage-makcr. The Albany J0UJ1'H
s.ys that one day one OF Mr.. BrewSter's
agents went to the shop in Troy where
the young Englishman was employ |
and asked him about his invention and
p.tent, and finally made him an offer
Of $50, 00O in cash for the latter. The
young man thought he would accept,
but asked few hours to con
slider. He talked with his en-
ployers. and as they had aided him
in securing his patents, they sugges-
ted that he give them the privi-
legs of making the purchase. They
offered him 80, 000 and half interest
in the profits. He accepted the offer,
and the next day informed Mr.. Brew
ster's Representative of the fact. The
latter gentleman promptly said " Now
that you have made mp your mind, |
want to say to You that We have mado
as high as S75, 600 a year out OF what
we call the Brewster spring, and
that is not worth 20 us nearly
what your axle would bring us. You
have very valuable invention. y The
proof of this statement developed itself
almost Immediately, and it is said that
the Troy concern which has undertaken
the manufacture OF the new invention
will realize profit Of from 100000 to
S200,000 q year from it. The young
English mechanic will soon he worry
rich man.
Sam. Brewer, half-breed Cherokee,
who has both legs off above the ankles.
his right arm off above the elbow, and
his left arm off about four inches be-
low the elbow, is in attendance at the
United States Court at Fort Smith,
Ark, to answer three indictments OF
aroault, with intent to kill, his weapon
Of warfare being a Winchester rifle.
In one OF the cases he acknowledges
that he shot at a man named Phipps
and killed the horse that he was riding,
but claims that he did it in self-de-
fence. The other two cases he de-
cliued to discuss, saying that they will
have to prove them on him. Brewer
is certainly a remarkable man. He is
thirty-two years old and has a
wife and two Children. He re-
sides on a farm near Fort Glib
son, his principal occupation being that
of a cowboy. He is an expert horse
man ard a good shot with a rifle. In
handling a Winchester he works the
hammer and trigger with the stump of
his left arm, while with the stump Of
his right arm he menipulates the
lever that throws the cartridges
in the barrel of the gun from
the magazine and the empty shells
out. In eating he fastens fork
to the stump OF his left arm ard feeds
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